The Conservative Party conference in Manchester cost £3.2m to police, double the amount of the Labour conference in the city a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The Manchester Evening News report:

The security bill for the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester cost the taxpayer twice as much as Labour’s annual convention.

Figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act show the 2011 Toryconference cost more than £3.2 million to police.

In comparison, £1.6 million was spent on security for the Labour showpiece in the city the following year.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.